Bandage-roller



(No Model.)

" P. H. JOBSE.

BANDAGEY ROLLER,

No. 506,913. Batent'ed Oct. 17,1893.

NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

PETER H. J OBSE, OF MILWAUKEE, WVISOONSIN.

BAN DAG E-RO LLE R.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 506,913, dated October17, 1893.

Application filed March 7, 1892. Serial No. 424,020. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern;

Be it known that I, PETER H. J OBSE, of Milwaukee, in the county ofMilwaukee and State of Wisconsin, have invented a new and usefulBandage-Roller, of which the following is a specification.

My invention has for its object to provide a simple device that willfacilitate the rolling of any bandages of any width, within certainlimits; and it consists in certain peculiarities of construction andcombination of parts to be hereinafter described with reference to theaccompanying drawings and subsequently claimed.

In the drawings: Figure 1 represents a perspective View of a bandageroller constructed according to my invention; Fig. 2, a transversesection of the same; Fig. 3, a detail section illustrating theconnection between certain of the parts, and Fig. 4, a detail elevationpartly in section to illustrate a clampingplate, adj Listing-screw, andbearing for the screw, these parts being embodied in the construction ofmy device.

Referring by letter to the drawings, A represents a circular plate,preferably of cast metal, in one piece with a skeleton standard B, thelatter having a right angular portion 0 terminated in a bearing b for athumb-screw D that carries a clamping-plate on its upper end. i As bestillustrated in Fig. 4, the upper end of the screw is reduced to looselyengage a corresponding opening in the plate, as well as to form ashoulder that supports the same, and the two parts are held together byenlarging the upper extremity of said screw. I also prefer to providethe upper face of the plate E with a series of prongs c for engagementwith any suitable support, such as the ledge of atable,interposedbetween said clamp and base of the standard B, as shown by dotted linesin Fig. 1.

Rigidly secured to that portion of the standard nearest the operator,are a series of lateral bars F, G, H, that are preferably square incross-section and arranged parallel to each other on a plane radial tothe center of the plate A, but acute to a vertical line or in otherwords these bars are parallel to each other on an inclined plane.- Asshown in Fig. 3, I prefer to reduce the bars at one end to formshoulders that abut against the standard B with which these reduced endsof the bars are engaged, and the rigidconnection between this standardand said bars is made by upsetting the latter.

Extending from that portion of the standard B farthest from theoperator, and in the same direction as the bars above described, is arod I that loosely engages a corresponding opening in a lug d thatradiates from another circular plate J, the latter being also providedwith a radial lug 6 having openings therein for loose engagement withsaid bars F, G and H. The plate-lug e is provided with a bearing for aset screw K, and when the latter is run in, it impinges tight againstthe center bar G to hold the plate J in the position to which it mayhave been adjusted on all the bars and rod I, herein specified, thisadjustment being proportionate to the width of the bandage to be rolled.The rod I serves not only as a support and guide for said plate, butalso to compensate for strain that would otherwise come on said bars.

Each of the plates A, J, is centrally provided with a circular bearingfor a spindle L that is square in cross-section, but of such dimensionsas turn easily in said bearings one end of this spindle beingcrank-shaped and pref erably provided with a handle M, as clearlyillustrated in Fig. 1. To roll a bandage, the spindle L is positioned inits bearings, the plate J set a distance from the plate A equal to thewidth of said bandage and the latter run up between the bars F, G, overthe latter bar, under the bar H, and finally clinched on said spindle tobe wound into a roll by a rotation of the same.

Owing to the shape and arrangement of the bars F, G, H, there are aseries of sharp corners presented to the bandage and a sufficienttension on the same to insure of it being smoothed out and wound into atight roll by the draw incident to the rotation of the spindle, while atthe same time the plates A, J, act as guards to keep the edges of thebandage even during the winding operation. The

bandage, having been wound into a roll, the latter is held by handagainst rotation and the spindle given a reverse turn to thereby loosenit from said bandage and permit withdrawal.

Having now fully described my invention,

what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

A portable bandage roller, consisting of a standard having at its fronta rearwardly inclined side-bar, and a circular guard plate integral withthe top of the side-bar, a clamp on the standard, a perforated lug onthe rear of the plate, a horizontal bar secured in the aperture, aseries of rectangular bars secured on the side-bar in close proximity toeach other, an outer circular guard plate having a perforated lug at itsrear through which the horizontal bar loosely passes, an obliquely ar-.ranged extension on the front of the outer witnesses.

PETER H. J OBSE. Witnesses:

C. E. KREYSSLER, W WEBER.

